Being on the first page of Google search results can be the main goal for many site owners. When your site is listed within TOP10 results you will get tremendous amount of extremely targeted traffic that may result in sales, leads or whatever the purpose of your web site may be.

If you are targeting low value search phrases with fewer competition on the web, typically it is pretty effortless to get on the first page only by onsite search engine optimization. Just get a domain with your keyword in it, ensure your site?s description, title, header and articles have the keyword. Create excellent content about associated search phrases and voila! Often even without a single backlink you can get on the first page of Google.

In all other situations my friends you will need to get as many inbound links to your web site as possible in order to rank for keywords you target. Based on the competition as well as your niche the number of backlinks can differ tremendously. You can use Yahoo Site Explorer to find out how several backlinks your competitors have, so you can have an idea how much time you will need to spend on link bulding.

Spying on your competitors isn’t only going to provide information about number of links, but where these links are coming from. This is most useful info you can get! Always make notes for all sites you can place the link on. Are those links are coming from associated web sites? Is your competitor using article marketing or social bookmarking websites?

It might take some time to analyze all that information, but it actually worth it! You may realize that the keyword you’re targeting is too competitive and if you want to beat competition be willing to work hard for those much needed backlinks.

In any situation it always helps to find a way to get free backlinks without spending much of your time. Forget about contacting each site owner for a link trade! Not only Google de- value reciprocal links nowadays, probably none to zero webmasters will answer your e-mail.
The only time you want to attempt this method can be when a website you’re trying to place the link is very trusted in Google eyes, have significant amount of traffic and what most important RELATED to your web site. Then a backlink from this domain can help and you can try to contact a website owner.
Keep in mind that the website owner or webmaster gets this type of emails each day and you need to stand out from the crowd. Do your research first, what this site is about, examine content so you can write personalized email.
Better yet do something good for the site owner first. Every webmaster wants to get free back links. Place a link on one of your websites first, preferably not on the same you’re trying to promote. Write a unique post with a link to the website you are contacting and submit it to article directories. This way you will show webmaster that you did some work too and most likely he will agree to mention your web site as well as offer you a link.

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